Americans are obsessed with thin bodies. Thin bodies are often viewed as the most attractive and healthiest. This belief leads many people to go on diets to try to lose weight. An added layer to the pressure to be thin is that what someone eats and what they look like is frequently believed to reflect [...]
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Contributor: Staff at Carolina House Of the many eating disorder risk factors, not having enough food probably doesn’t come to mind. But having limited access to food, known as food insecurity, can do significant harm to a person’s overall health and nutrition. Understanding Food Insecurity Feed America describes food insecurity as “a lack of consistent [...]
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Plant-based lifestyles, such as Vegetarianism and Veganism, are marketed as a method for bettering the environment, stopping animal cruelty, and improving your health. For someone struggling with an eating disorder, this lifestyle may cater to behaviors of restriction or food avoidance. Eating disorders (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified) are usually [...]
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Eating disorders (ED) are complex bio-psycho-social illnesses impacting a person’s physiological and psychological health and wellbeing. As such, successful ED treatment typically requires a collaborative approach by a team of specialists (e.g., medical doctors, psychiatrists, therapists, nutritionists and more). One important member of the interdisciplinary ED treatment team is the nutritionist or registered dietitian. Unfortunately, [...]
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